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en-usSun, 29 Mar 2015 18:57:37 GMTFocus Forum15&#x27;My problem with Cruz is that he&#x27;s very, very smart&#x27;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3273548/posts
If establishment pundits can&#x92;t deny a Republican&#x92;s intelligence, then they have to claim his intelligence is a problem. The other day, NPR&#x92;s Robert Siegel assembled his usual suspects from the New York Times, Washington Post and Brookings Institution to provide a &#x93;balanced&#x94; review of the week in politics, including the latest from Ted Cruz. These two short sentences provide a perfect example of the uphill climb Cruz and any Republican has ahead: DAVID BROOKS of the NY Times: &#x93;My problem with Cruz is that he&#x92;s very, very smart &#x96; he&#x92;s going to Wall Street these days and impressing people with...American Thinker Bloghttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3273548/posts#commentSun, 29 Mar 2015 18:57:37 GMTWilliam H Rehnquist: Biography (Kagan does NOT resemble WHR!)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2511111/posts
Appointed by President Richard Nixon for his views on criminal justice and his endorsement of a more modest role for the Court, William H. Rehnquist was the most conservative member of the Burger Court; he was also often identified as the justice with the most impressive intellectual ability... After completing his clerkship with [Supreme Court Justice Henry] Jackson, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where for sixteen years he practiced law and participated in a variety of local political activities.(emphasis added)Answers.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2511111/posts#commentTue, 11 May 2010 13:27:51 GMTRhenquist&#x27;s Portraithttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385677/posts
Rehnquist&#x92;s Portrait Allie Winegar Duzett, November 12, 2009 William Rehnquist was by all accounts a fascinating man. His work in the judiciary was unparalleled: he served on the Supreme Court as a justice for over three decades, and led the court as Chief Justice for nineteen years. He was a justice voting on the controversial Roe v. Wade case (Rehnquist wrote the dissent), the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton, and for the dispute over 2000 presidential election. As a justice for the Supreme Court, Rehnquist lived his life under public scrutiny&#x97;but only a very few got to know the man...American Journalism Centerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385677/posts#commentFri, 13 Nov 2009 17:33:17 GMTStanford to Get Rehnquist Papershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112940/posts
Personal letters, speeches and other papers of late Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist will be housed at the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank on the campus of Stanford University, officials announced Wednesday. &#x22;We are pleased that Chief Justice Rehnquist&#x27;s papers are coming full circle back to Stanford, where he began his illustrious legal career,&#x22; John Raisian, director of the Hoover Institution, said in a statement. Rehnquist, who served as chief justice from 1986 until his death in 2005, graduated first in his Stanford law class in 1952. &#x22;Stanford is where our parents met as college students, and though...North County Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112940/posts#commentThu, 23 Oct 2008 08:24:59 GMTThe Limits of Frederalism - Why you can&#x27;t be a federalist and ignore medical marijuana.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898159/posts
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) recently said that, if elected president, he would end the federal raids on medical marijuana patients and their health care providers. That makes the Democratic field unanimous now &#xE2;&#x80;&#x94; all would end the raids and allow the states to craft their own medical marijuana policy, free from federal interference. By contrast, just two of the remaining GOP candidates &#xE2;&#x80;&#x94; Rep. Ron Paul (Texas) and Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.) &#xE2;&#x80;&#x94; and none of the front-runners have promised to call off the raids. This is unfortunate for a party that once fancied itself the torch-bearer for federalism &#xE2;&#x80;&#x94;...Reasonhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898159/posts#commentTue, 18 Sep 2007 02:17:18 GMTFBI: Former Chief Justice Suffered Hallucinationshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763543/posts
(AP) -- The FBI&#x27;s file on former Chief Justice William Rehnquist &#x97; made public more than a year after his death &#x97; indicates the Nixon and Reagan administrations enlisted its help in blunting criticism of him during confirmation hearings. The file also offers insight into the hallucinations and other symptoms of withdrawal that Rehnquist suffered when he was taken off a prescription painkiller in 1981. A doctor was cited as saying that Rehnquist, an associate justice of the Supreme Court at the time, tried to escape the hospital in his pajamas and imagined that the CIA was plotting against him....CBS 2 CHICAGOhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763543/posts#commentSun, 7 Jan 2007 01:06:54 GMTFBI Files: Rehnquist Had Hallucinations (AP Barf Alert)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762438/posts
As found on Drudge Report ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI&#x27;s file on former Chief Justice William Rehnquist _ made public more than a year after his death _ indicates the Nixon and Reagan administrations enlisted its help in blunting criticism of him during confirmation hearings. The file also offers insight into the hallucinations and other symptoms of withdrawal that Rehnquist suffered when he was taken off a prescription painkiller in 1981. A doctor was cited as saying that Rehnquist, an associate justice of the Supreme Court at the time, tried to escape the hospital in his pajamas and imagined that...AP Newshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762438/posts#commentThu, 4 Jan 2007 19:15:05 GMTLawyers, justices honor Rehnquist in D.C.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650145/posts
The late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was praised Thursday by lawyers who practice before the Supreme Court as a man of sharp intellect, quick wit and love of family and friends. Rehnquist, who died last September after a long battle with throat cancer, served nearly 34 years on the court first as an associate justice and then as chief justice. During a special session of the high court, Chief Justice John Roberts, a former Rehnquist law clerk, praised his predecessor not only for his contributions to the law but also for &#x22;knowing what was important in life.&#x22; Speaker after...The AP via Yahoo! Newshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650145/posts#commentThu, 15 Jun 2006 22:38:33 GMTIn the Roberts Court, More Room for Argumenthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626367/posts
WASHINGTON, May 2 &#x97; This is the week that the Supreme Court, done with its regular argument sessions, enters the stretch run. While it is too soon for substantive appraisals of the first year of the Roberts court, it is not too soon for stylistic observations about what is clearly, in the view of lawyers who have appeared there this term, a different court. &#x22;The tone has changed,&#x22; Prof. Richard J. Lazarus of the Georgetown University Law Center, where he runs the Supreme Court Institute and teaches a course on Supreme Court advocacy, said on Tuesday. In common with every...New York Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626367/posts#commentThu, 4 May 2006 01:24:32 GMTFlashback - Slate: The Supreme Court Shortlist - The views of the likely candidates. (In retrospec)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581703/posts
Justice Sandra Day O&#x27;Connor announced Friday that she is stepping down from the Supreme Court. In anticipation of resignations&#x97;Chief Justice William Rehnquist&#x27;s had been thought most likely&#x97;the Bush administration has floated several names for possible nominees. What views have the president&#x27;s shortlisters expressed, on and off the bench? In order of our best guess as to the likelihood that they&#x27;ll be chosen, here&#x27;s a guide to the prospective nominees&#x27; records. 1) Michael J. Luttig, 51 2) John Roberts, 50 3) Emilio Garza, 58 4) Michael McConnell, 50 5) Alberto Gonzales, 49 6) J. Harvie Wilkinson III, 60 7) Edith Brown...Slate Magazinehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581703/posts#commentSun, 19 Feb 2006 18:41:28 GMTJustice Stevens to retire soon?http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1570451/posts
(...) Third party sources are now telling me that the John Paul Stevens rumor is true and that the White House is now planning for a third vacancy, but not until the end of the year [2005]. Third party sources, who I treat as credible, say that Stevens has begun taking actions in his personal life to make arrangements for personal affairs. It is presumed that Stevens is taking steps to retire. A separate third party source tells me that Ginsberg is not expected to retire, as her health is fine. Stevens has reportedly sent signals that he will retire...Redstatehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1570451/posts#commentThu, 2 Feb 2006 21:49:42 GMTChief Justice Roberts Adheres to Precedent on High Court Revelry (Christmas Party)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546937/posts
There appears to be no war on Christmas at the Supreme Court. President George W. Bush and other federal officials have been criticized in recent weeks for not using the word &#x22;Christmas&#x22; in greeting cards or in describing parties or other traditional December events. But at the Supreme Court, employees were invited by e-mail to the annual &#x22;Christmas Recess Party,&#x22; set for today. At the party in the Great Hall of the Court, attendees will see a majestic fir that is decorated and unabashedly called a Christmas tree. This is nothing new at the Court, where the late Chief Justice...Law.com via Yahoo! Financehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546937/posts#commentSun, 25 Dec 2005 22:00:52 GMTCivil Liberty and the Civil War: The Indianapolis Treason Trialshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/570022/posts
To those of you who may be asking yourselves, &#x22;Why, on the verge of the twenty-first century, should we look back at events that happened during the Civil War nearly a century and a half ago?&#x22; I would offer several replies. In the first place, the political events of the Civil War are of considerable interest in their own right. The cast of characters on the stage at that time--Abraham Lincoln; William H. Seward, Lincoln&#x27;s rival for the Presidential nomination in 1860 whom Lincoln later appointed Secretary of State; Edwin M. Stanton, a remarkably able Secretary of War, and others--make ...University School of Law--Bloomingtonhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/570022/posts#commentTue, 13 Nov 2001 17:13:48 GMTRoberts Adheres to Precedent on High Court Revelry
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There appears to be no war on Christmas at the Supreme Court. President George W. Bush and other federal officials have been criticized in recent weeks for not using the word &#x22;Christmas&#x22; in greeting cards or in describing parties or other traditional December events. But at the Supreme Court, employees were invited to the annual &#x22;Christmas Recess Party,&#x22; set for today. At the party in the Great Hall of the Court, attendees will see a majestic fir that is decorated and unabashedly called a Christmas tree. This is nothing new at the Court, where the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist...Law.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542168/posts#commentSat, 17 Dec 2005 04:20:32 GMTAnother Lost Opportunity (New York Times Whines and Cries About Alito Nomination)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513214/posts
The nomination of Samuel Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court raises a lot of questions about the judge&#x27;s attitudes toward federalism, privacy and civil rights. But it has already answered one big question about President Bush. Anyone wondering whether the almost endless setbacks and embarrassments the White House has suffered over the last year would cause Mr. Bush to fix his style of governing should realize that the answer is: no. As a political candidate, Mr. Bush had an extremely useful ability to repeat the same few simple themes over and over. As president, he has been cramped by the...New York Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513214/posts#commentTue, 1 Nov 2005 13:22:43 GMTQuestions About Miers That Bush Needs to Answerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502583/posts
Questions About Miers that Bush Needs to Answer by Phyllis Schlafly Posted Oct 14, 2005 If John G. Roberts&#x27; confirmation hearing is any guide, we won&#x27;t learn anything from Harriet Miers&#x27; confirmation hearing. So here are some questions we would like President Bush to answer. You said, &#x22;Trust me.&#x22; But why should we trust you when experience proves we could not trust the judgment of President Reagan (who gave us Justices O&#x27;Connor and Kennedy) or President George H.W. Bush (who gave us Justice Souter)? Are you more trustworthy than Reagan or your father? You said, &#x22;She&#x27;s not going to change.......Human Events Onlinehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502583/posts#commentFri, 14 Oct 2005 19:38:54 GMTMiers and Rehnquist: Neither Were Judges Before SCOTUS Nomination!http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501729/posts
One of the first and most important arguments that the anti-Miers camp tells us that Miers is not qualified because she never served as a judge. Well either the anti-Miers conservatives are hypocrites or they are totally ignorant because the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, one of the most conservative justices ever, was never a judge before he was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Nixon. Here is a Link for the biography of late Chief Justice Rehnquist. http://www.michaelariens.com/ConLaw/justices/rehnquist.htm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501729/posts#commentThu, 13 Oct 2005 13:53:22 GMTGonzales vs Raich revisitedhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1497528/posts
According to First Among Equals, Ken Starr&#x27;s history of the Supreme Court, one of the key features of the Rehnquist Court (which he claims could as easily be called the O&#x27;Connor Court) has been the reassertion of federalism. Certainly, Rehnquist and O&#x27;Connor were among the dissenters in the disgraceful Gonzales vs Raich, which eliminated the ability of the states to regulate intra-state commerce in marijuana. This means two of the three dissenters to that appalling ruling will soon be off the Court. Their two replacements both have long experience of serving in the executive branch. We might reasonably expect, therefore,...QuentinLangley.nethttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1497528/posts#commentThu, 6 Oct 2005 08:41:59 GMTSUPREME COURT
In memoriam of WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST
[just to remember he who passed away)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1494078/posts
&#xA0; &#xA0; WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES 1924 - 2005 &#xA0; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1494078/posts#commentFri, 30 Sep 2005 08:58:14 GMTYOU AND THE LAWhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488315/posts
Shortly after the death of U.S. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, I was asked to give my opinion about what history would consider his most important decision. That&#x27;s very tough, given his 33-year tenure on the court. Certainly his decision in Bush v. Gore, which stopped the Florida recounts in the 2000 presidential election, was controversial. His 2002 decision in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, which allowed federal tax money to be used to pay for children attending religious schools, also was a pivotal one. But in my opinion, the decision that may have the most lasting and far-reaching impact is the lesser-known...Cleveland Plain Dealerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488315/posts#commentWed, 21 Sep 2005 01:27:36 GMTWSJ: Judicial Tourism - What&#x27;s wrong with the U.S. Supreme Court citing foreign law.
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References to foreign law in Supreme Court opinions have become controversial.... True, the references have increased somewhat, but they remain rare, and no one suggests that the court has directly based any of its interpretations of the Constitution on foreign authority. As the issue was framed recently in a debate between Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia, it comes down to this: The former says that if a judge abroad has dealt with a similar problem, &#x22;Why don&#x27;t I read what he says if it&#x27;s similar enough? Maybe I&#x27;ll learn something.&#x22; Yet the latter would exclude such material as wholly...Wall Street Journalhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485652/posts#commentFri, 16 Sep 2005 12:38:41 GMTFarewell to the Chiefhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483881/posts
IN THE Federalist, James Madison observed that judges are &#x22;shoots from the executive stock.&#x22; With this phrase, Madison was making a point about where, in a government of separated powers, judges come from; and of course, the answer is the executive, since the Constitution plainly sets forth that it is the president who has the authority to select judges.True, the Senate must approve a president&#x27;s nominees, or else none can have life tenure. But the constitutional structure is such that no one can become a judge unless the president chooses the person. Judges are shoots from the executive stock only,...The Weekly Standardhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483881/posts#commentTue, 13 Sep 2005 23:53:57 GMTRehnquist&#x27;s &#x27;Lone Ranger&#x27; record leaves Bush something to shoot forhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483338/posts
William Rehnquist was the most unlikely of appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court. He had no experience as a judge, and his boss, former President Richard Nixon, would embarrassingly refer to him as &#x22;Renchburg.&#x22; But after serving more than 33 years on the Supreme Court, the last 19 as chief justice, Rehnquist proved to be among the greatest justices ever. He set the judicial standard at a very high level. Rehnquist took his seat on the Supreme Court on Jan. 7, 1972. A mere two months later, he brazenly disagreed with all the other justices and issued his first lone...Townhallhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483338/posts#commentTue, 13 Sep 2005 06:17:06 GMTStand Up to Them, Mr. President: Nominate Another Scaliahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481775/posts
Stand Up to Them, Mr. President: Nominate Another Scalia by Patrick J. Buchanan Posted Sep 9, 2005 We are about to find out what George W. Bush is made of. For he is approaching the greatest crisis of his presidency. Nine days after 9-11, Bush gave the most powerful speech of his career and rallied a nation. Today, he sits atop a government whose agencies -- FEMA and Homeland Security -- are synonyms for bumbling in the worst disaster in American history. Democrats sense Bush may be assaulted with impunity. He can&#x27;t or won&#x27;t fight back. Thus, Hillary hits four...Human Events Onlinehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481775/posts#commentSat, 10 Sep 2005 16:27:57 GMTWireless World: Rehnquist&#x27;s legacyhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481306/posts
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died last Saturday at age 80, may be known to the public as a conservative intellectual, but his rulings influenced much more than just the political landscape of the United States. They helped to reshape the technology world as well, and may have even contributed to the dot-com bubble of the 1990s, experts told UPI&#x27;s Wireless World. By Gene KoprowskiWashington Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481306/posts#commentFri, 9 Sep 2005 20:19:45 GMT